“Farmer Giles of Ham” (Swedish)
1970 illustration by Rolf Lagerson
(Source: Sci-Fi-O-Rama)
"‘A little people, but of great worth are the Shire-folk. Little do they know of our long labour for the safekeeping of their borders, and yet I grudge it not.’"
Halbarad. From J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Return of the King, “The Passing Of The Grey Company”.
"He was dark-haired as his mother, and promised to be like her in mood also; for he was not merry, and spoke little, though he learned to speak early and ever seemed older than his years. Túrin was slow to forget injustice or mockery; but the fire of his father was also in him, and he could be sudden and fierce. Yet he was quick to pity, and the hurts or sadness of living things might move him to tears."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin, “The Childhood of Túrin”
The Lord of the Rings, 50th Anniversary Edition. I’m so happy I got a copy of “finest edition ever offered” #lotr #tolkien
Love this edition.
Guess who’ll be getting these :33 #jrrtolkien #tolkien #books #bookworm #alanlee
I have this edition, too. Beautiful books.
"Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible; and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, “Foreword to the Second Edition”
"…Old Took’s great-granduncle Bullroarer, who was so huge (for a hobbit) that he could ride a horse. He charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Greenfields, and knocked their king Golfimbul’s head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and went down a rabbit-hole, and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, “An Unexpected Party”
"Nay, you are excused for my part, lord. You have chosen the Evening; but my love is given to the Morning. And my heart forebodes that soon it will pass away for ever."
Gimli to Éomer
J.R.R Tolkien, The Return of the King, “Many Partings”
J.R.R Tolkien, The Return of the King, “Many Partings”
“Aldarion and Erendis” from Unfinished Tales by J.R.R. Tolkien.
The advice that Erendis gives Ancalimë here is some of the most profound and wonderful guidance I’ve read from a woman in Tolkien’s works, or in any written works. Erendis is proud to fault, but she also understands the reality of her world. The narration never catches this, nor does the dramaturgical action; what we know as the standard of Numenorian life—the life that Elros, brother of Elrond unassumingly wrought—is laid bare by Erendis, a woman of Bëor’s House. Her “otherness” is the way that we see the truth of Numenor, and a glimpse into its downfall.
"No more debates disturbed his mind. He knew all the arguments of despair and would not listen to them. His will was set, and only death would break it."
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, “Mount Doom”
A much better quote than “not all those who wander are lost”.
